Welcome to the laboratory of toxicology and forensic sciences

The Laboratory of Toxicology and Forensic Science of the University of Crete, founded in 1983, serves education, research and clinical needs of modern toxicology while promoting the development of modern basic and applied research in the fields of Forensic Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology and individual branches of toxicology.

The Laboratory of Toxicology and Forensic Science covers toxicology needs throughout the island of Crete, the Dodecanese and other areas of Greece. Further, a large number of drugs, alcohol, different toxic substances in biological samples and evidence are analyzed.

AcknowledgementsI would like to thank the fieldworkers in Sri Lanka for contributing to the collection of samples for the feasibility study. I would also like to thank Prof. Sisira Siribaddana, Dr Channa Jayasumana, Dr Melissa Pearson, Prof. Tzatzarakis Manolis, Prof. AristidisTsatsakis, Dr Chris Metcalfe and Prof. David Gunnell for their contribution to the design and conduct of the feasibility study. I would also like to thank the South Asian Clinical Toxicology Collaboration for their support in conducting the feasibility study.